Socks Windows 98 Netscape Settings

1. Open the Control Panel by clicking "Start" > "Settings" > "Control Panel".

2. Open Internet Options by doubleclicking "Internet Options" (or just "Internet").

3. Click on the "Connections" tab, the following window will be displayed:
   

4. Make sure that the correct dialer is selected in the text area ("LAFN 310 873-1251 (Default)" in the above example).

5. Click on the "LAN Settings..." button, the following window will be displayed:
   

6. Make sure that no checkboxes are checked in the LAN Settings window. Click the "OK" button to return to the "Internet Options / Connections" window.

7. Click on the "Settings..." button to the right of the text area where the dialer is selected; the following window will be displayed:
   

8. Verify the following:
   • Both checkboxes in the "Automatic configuration" frame are unchecked.
   • "Use a proxy server" is checked.
   • "Bypass proxy server for local addresses" is unchecked.
   • "User name" and "Password" are correctly filled in.

9. Click the top "Advanced..." button (in the "Proxy server" frame), the following window will be displayed:
   

10. Verify the following:
    • The top four addresses are blank.
    • The "Socks" address contains "proxy.lafn.org".
    • The port numbers are correct.
    • "Use the same proxy server for all protocols" is unchecked.
    • The "Exceptions" text area contains "www.lafn.org"
      (Some older systems may require "www.lafn.org:80" or "www.lafn.org:8001")

11. Click "OK" to return to the previous window.

12. Click the "Properties" button to get to the "Dial-up Properties" window, shown below:
    

13. Click the "Server Types" tab to get to the next window:
    

14. Verify the following:
    • The "Type of Dial-Up Server" must be "PPP: Internet, Windows NT Server, Windows 98".
    • Only "Enable software compression" and "TCP/IP" should be checked.

15. Click the "TCP/IP Settings..." button to display the following window:
    

16. Verify the following:
    • "Server assigned IP address" is selected.
    • "Specify name server addresses" is selected.
    • The correct DNS and WINS numbers are entered in the appropriate fields.
    • The "Use IP header compression" and "Use default gateway on remote network" checkboxes are checked.

17. Click "OK", "OK", "OK", ("Apply" if enabled), and "OK" to exit all the way out of Internet Options.

18. Close the Control Panel.

19. Open Netscape Navigator.

20. Click menu items: "Edit" then "Preferences", then doubleclick "Advanced" and click "Proxies" to display the following window:
    

21. Verify that "Manual proxy configuration" is selected.

22. Click the "View..." button to display this window:
    

23. Verify the following:
    • The "Socks" address contains "proxy.lafn.org".
    • The "Socks" port number is "1080".
    • All remaining address fields are blank.
    • The remaining port numbers may be included or left blank.
    • The "Exceptions" text area contains "www.lafn.org"
      (Some older systems may require "www.lafn.org:80" or "www.lafn.org:8001")

24. Click "OK" and "OK" to exit out of Netscape Navigator "Edit > Preferences".

25. Close Netscape Navigator.

updated 2002 July 05 1252 pdt